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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1993, Yun was released after spending how much time in prison?

2. Yun heard that his mother died in what year?

3. How did the verse strengthen Yun's resolve?

4. When foreign teachers became common, what stipulation did Yun put on those who wanted to teach?

5. What was the condition of Yun's release?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Brother Xu reach out to unify the Christians?

2. How did the Christians begin to help people who violated the "one child law" as Yun and Deling had?

3. When the prison camp officials ordered the prisoners to write a plan for their lives, how was Yun encouraged to renew his walk with God?

4. What was it about his family visiting Yun in prison that made this prison stay so difficult for him?

5. What did Yun say was the difference between the Western church and the Chinese church as far as sermon content?

6. In Chapter Eighteen, how did Yun and Chaun become "unofficial pastors" of the prison?

7. In Chapter Twenty, how did the church experience disunity?

8. In Chapter Twenty-One, Deling was jailed with Yun. How did their children avoid being taken by the government?

9. What devastating news did Yun hear in Chapter Twenty-Five?

10. In Chapter Twenty-Five, what did Yun describe as the difference between the Western church and the Chinese church when it came to financial giving for missions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was China's "One-Child Law"? Why do they have this law? Discuss the circumstances surrounding the reason for the law, and the inevitable horrific consequences for the Chinese people. How did this law effect Yun and Deling? Cite examples.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the pros and cons of the influx of Christian aid from the West. What was beneficial about it? What about it was detrimental to the Chinese church? Do you think that the church was better off without it? Provide examples from the book to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

One of the basics rights in America is the freedom to worship in any religion we choose. Discuss how it struck you when you first read about the atrocities committed against Christians by the Chinese government. Did it seem fair? Do you think fear was an effective motivator against the spread of Christianity? Why did it work on some people and not on others? Cite examples from the book to support your position.

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